Title: Meaningless Scorn
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim, Clay, Omi, Jack, and Wuya
Prompt: 008:Weeks
Word Count: 1,595
Rating: G
Summary: Rai and Kim have been arguing for weeks. But will they work together in time for a Showdown?
Author's Note: Funny ending that I know is going to leave gaping mouths. :D
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Scorn spread across their faces. Their anger hasn't been lifted in weeks. Raging silence was all that was building.
They sat across from each other having an angry staring contest. Clay and Omi stood aside from the two. Afraid if either makes a sound, their lashing tongues would be the only thing that would be heard. That is, until a twitching dragon came in.
"Shen-Gong-Wu alert!" he yelled trying to ease his twitching.
"YOU ARE SO SELFISH!" Kimiko yelled at him.
"I'M SELFISH! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ALWAYS CHANGES HER OUTFIT EVERY TIME WE GO OUT!" Raimundo yelled back.
"HELLO! DOES LATEST STYLE MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU!"
"SHUT UP!" They turned to the now irritated Dojo. "If you don't mind, I would like to get the Wu before Jack and Wuya do."
"Sorry, Dojo, it's just a certain someone isn't really considerate," she sneered.
"I'm not considerate! You yelled at me first!" he retorted. They were just about to rip each other to shreds when Clay got in between them.
"Woah woah woah, time out there par'ners."
"Yes, it is very foolish to fight when there is an active Shen-Gong-Wu that is just rotten for the taking," Omi intervened.
"Uh... that's ripe for the picking," Clay corrected.
"As you say."
But the scorn hasn't left them. However, they did silently agree not to get into each other's way when it came to finding the Wu.
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"So, what Shen-Gong-Wu is it, Dojo?" Omi asked as he sat behind Kimiko and in front of Clay on the forty foot dragon's back while Rai sat in the back.
"It's called the Solar Gauntlet. It's the sister Shen-Gong-Wu to the Lunar Locket. It basically controls the settings of the Sun as well as the heat. Say like you want it to set a little faster or slower," Dojo responded.
They were soon flying over the Appalachian Mountains that resided along the North Eastern part of the United States. Raimundo looked down at the beautiful cascades of different colors that gave off the feeling of Autumn. But, as beautiful as it was, that didn't ease his mind. It was troubled with the fight he was having with Kimiko. He admitted that he didn't want to fight with her anymore, considering it was getting ridiculous at this point, but he can't help but feel a great admiration for the girl. He let out an irritated sigh. Clay heard it and turned back to his friend.
"You OK there, Rai?" he asked.
"What do you think?" Raimundo sighed.
"Sorry to hear that, why don't you just apologize to her?"
"Why should I? She's the one that started it."
"Well, if you ask me, you both are just being like little kids fighting over an ice cream in the middle of the Summer."
Raimundo took that into consideration and continued to stare down at the acre upon acre of trees.
They soon landed within the woods and split up in different directions. Raimundo and Kimiko were searching through the bushes and every stump. What they didn't realize is that they were heading in the same direction. They soon spotted something glowing up in the trees and ran towards it. Rai summoned his element while Kimiko Judellete flipped through the air. Their hands touched the gauntlet at the same time as well as another two pairs of hands were touching it. They looked at the other hands and saw Jack and Wuya.
"Raimundo, Kimiko, I challenged you to a two on two Xiaolin Tsunami. Who ever reaches the Gauntlet gets it," Jack said at them. Rai and Kim looked at each other and nodded.
"Fine, my Fancy Feet against your Silk Spitter," Rai said.
"And my Reversing Mirror against your Tangled Web Comb," Wuya added in.
"Fine then, lets go-"
"XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!"
The scenery didn't change that much except the trees were taller and the gauntlet was placed on the highest peek of mountain that was some miles away. Raimundo and Kimiko were in their Warrior outfits. The four were setting themselves at the foot of the mountain while Clay, Omi, and Dojo were midway on the track in the trees.
"GON YI TEMPAI!"
Jack and Wuya started running off on the track while Rai slipped on the Fancy Feet and grabbed Kimiko around the waist.
"Fancy Feet!" He started running really fast and ran past Jack and Wuya. But she got out the Reversing Mirror and aimed it at him.
"Reversing Mirror!"
Raimundo slowed down at a tremendous rate. So slow in fact, that Jack and Wuya managed to get past them.
"Later losers!" Jack shouted.
"Way to go, Rai. You had to wager the Fancy Feet while Wuya was using the Reversing Mirror," Kimiko said sarcastically.
"Can we not do this now?" he groaned. Then they heard a scream that can only belong to Jack. They ran towards the source and saw Jack lying down with a dazed expression on him. They looked up in time to see a swinging tree branch going straight towards them. Rai grabbed Kimiko around the waist again.
"Wudai Star, Wind!" he summoned his element and jumped over the branch and continued on the trail. Wuya had no choice but to stay behind for Jack. She grabbed him by the collar and brought him up to her face.
"Jack! Wake up you gnat!" she yelled at him.
"... No mommy... peas are icky..." She slapped him until he regained consciousness. "Uh... What happened?"
"We're losing that's what!" She shouted as she dragged him.
Raimundo and Kimiko reached the mid point of the race and saw their friends high up in the trees.
"Way to go guys! You're almost there!" Dojo shouted.
They continued on the trail when tree roots came out of the ground, threatening to tangle their feet. They tried to jump over but the vines intertwined with Kimiko's ankle. She fell down face flat while Rai managed to avoid. He looked back and saw the root continue up her leg. He ran towards her and started kicking the root until it finally let loose. He helped her up and they locked eyes for a second until they found themselves intertwined together with silk. They fell down on their sides and tried to free themselves but soon saw Jack and Wuya running past them. They laid down on the ground in a very awkward position of facing each other. They tried to avoid each others' gazes as much as possible.
"Kim, try setting the silk on fire."
"Are you crazy! We can both burn!"
"Just let me worry about that." She widened her eyes at him. She let out a sigh of defeat.
"All right. Wudai Mars, Fire!" The silk soon came on fire and the bond started to loosen.
The intense heat started to seep through their armor and started to burn. Rai started wiggling around loosening it some more. When the bond finally broke, they got out as quickly as they could. Raimundo took off his burning top fast along with the mask and started stomping on it. Kimiko was frolicking from her burning armor and tried her best to bring down the flames. Raimundo then tossed the dirt from the ground onto her back and smothered the flames as well as on her belly. She took off her mask and the two started stomping on it. As soon as they were out, he went over to the silk that was blazing and did the same as well. Kimiko watched him as his muscles tensed up. He soon covered it with dirt and the flames were out. She went over to him and placed her hand on his arm. He looked down at her with perplexed eyes.
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For taking out the flames." He smiled down at her.
"Anytime."
Soon the scenery changed back to normal. It was obvious that Jack and Wuya got the Solar Gauntlet. Their clothes went back to normal except for the few burnt holes and Raimundo being shirtless. The others then joined them with perplexity overcoming them.
"What happened?" Clay asked.
"Yes, you were doing so good and then that Jack Spicer trapped you with the Silk Spitter, how could you let this happen?" Omi said.
"Yeah, because of you guys, we lost THREE Shen-Gong-Wu!"Dojo yelled.
Then, Rai and Kimiko, unexpectedly, started laughing. The others looked at them with quizzical looks.
"I do not understand, what is so funny?" Omi asked.
"Well, at least they are laughing and not fighting," Clay noted.
"Yeah, why were you guys fighting anyway?" Dojo queried.
The two looked at each other not ceasing from their laughter.
"Come to think of it, I don't even remember anymore. What about you, Kim?"
"I don't remember either, Rai."
The others stared at them with gapes in their mouths.
"You mean to tell me that the weeks of arguing was nothing!" Dojo said, saying what was clearly in their minds.
"I guess."
Dojo slapped his forehead and then grew forty feet.
"Hey Kimi, I'll race ya to Dojo," Rai said as he started running towards him.
"No fair, you got a head start!" Kimiko said and started to catch up to him. Clay and Omi stared at the two with question.
"I will never understand those two," Clay said.
"I agree with you, Clay, they are most confusing," Omi said as they started walking back.